Chapter 240: Confrontation

(... Whenever I see those veterans in their memoirs mentioned in their memoirs how they fought hard on the battlefields and how casualties made people cry without tears, I will think of those military and civilians who were poorly equipped but gritted their teeth to fight the enemy to death; because the results of the battle were often lost and lost troops, they were often scolded by the newspaper articles in the rear and future as if they were greedy for life and fearlessness and incompetence in combat; but I want to say that they are all heroes... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

Almost never closed his eyes in one night. In the morning light, Tokutaro Sakai looked at the *** position opposite the Huaisi River with a telescope and said to himself: "There are many people, don't you say that northern Jiangsu is very empty? There are so many Chinese people... Did the war damage report come last night?"

"Report to the brigade commander, the casualties in various places are being counted and have not yet come up; but if calculated based on the situation of my frontal troops, there should be no damage..." The staff officer was proud: After a lesson of suffering a great loss, the Japanese really became smart; not only did they guard every position, but also surveyed the terrain. It was estimated that if a certain place was attacked, they would come from, and arranged a small army and special firepower support. Not only did they lose much money after a night, but they wiped out the small army of more than a dozen classes of guerrillas.

A smile on Sakai's face was barely supported, but he was not happy at all. Although the Japanese army had an absolute advantage in contact with the war last night, he also knew that the guerrillas had not launched a real attack after several attacks. However, the Japanese army in the cold wilderness had to continue to be nervous about guarding against enemies that could appear at any time in the darkness. Every sudden gunfire or explosion from nearby could also wake up the veterans of the Hundred Wars.

Although the guerrilla attacks were not very effective, they made it difficult for the Japanese army to get an effective rest. In this regard, *** was successful.

Tokutaro Sakai turned around and looked at Yangzhou. The south bank of the Huaisi River was actually very close to Yangzhou City, and the city walls could be seen with the naked eye. Because the road was difficult to move, in order to better exert the power of cannons, the Japanese had transported all the heavy artillery that had been transported out of the city back to the city last night and set up artillery positions in the city. This overhaul made the artillery and baggage soldiers exhausted.

The result of the Yangzhou city clearance operation came up last night, which also made Tokutaro Sakai sweat: the unprepared troops entering the city wanted to start their best robbery, but in this city where everyone fought to the death, they finally learned the toughness of the Chinese. The Japanese soldiers in the area smashed open every door, but when they rushed to the old men with dull eyes or pounced on the shaking women of the little feet, the grenades and black explosive packs suddenly exploded, and each explosion took away several

The Japanese and Japanese clearing troops who were dispersed in time failed to report the situation in a timely manner, and as a result, such tragic scenes were being staged throughout the city. After the resistance in Yangzhou City was over, all the soldiers and civilians who were left behind in the city died in the country, the Japanese discovered that they could not commit violence on any woman, nor did they grab any property or food. The soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou killed more than a thousand Japanese devils, and the bombing was almost the same. One afternoon and evening, the Japanese troops who died in the city clearing operations actually surpassed the tragic guerrilla warfare that night!

Not only Yangzhou, but also the war reports from Yizheng and Jiangdu began to mention the attacks of left-behind people and wounded soldiers they were attacked. It was so deadly. These seemingly inconspicuous resistances actually wiped out a reorganized Japanese army based on the number!

"The supplies troops who went to the countryside also encountered great difficulties. In addition to being attacked by Chinese guerrillas, they could not find any food even if they entered the village. If they met those Chinese farmers who stayed to see the fields, they would suddenly come out with bombs and kill us with our people like the people in the city." The staff officer who had just received the request for combat instructions from the supplies troops brought a very bad news to Tokutaro Sakai.

The current combat belt is only separated from Nanjing by water, so supplies are not a problem; but if it is like this along the way, there is no supplement to be obtained on the spot, can we fight this way?

Sakai suddenly had a blue face: "Tell the baggage brigade that they will continue to go to the countryside and kill every Chinese person they see!"

"Swish~" "Boom!" A loud bang seemed to respond to Sakai's cruelty. A shell landed less than 500 meters away from Sakai, where there happened to be a small dry mound. The shell landed on the flat ground behind the mound. On standby was a reserve force, and almost all of them were lying on the ground to sleep. Although these veterans were already shocked by the unique sound of the shells breaking through the air when the shells flew over their heads, when the shells hit about ten meters above the ground, there were still only a few people who could escape shock waves and fragments.

"Swish, swish, swish..." Continuous mortar shells fell, and the orange-red firelight and rolling black smoke instantly covered the entire open space behind the small mound... It was obvious that *** knew the terrain well. This was the shelling they had prepared for a long time. When the Japanese army estimated that this area would be used by the Japanese army to arrange for the reserve troops to rest and standby, they waited long enough for the time when the Japanese were about to start the attack, the land should have opened fire when it was already full of soldiers.

The guards pressed away on their bodies, and the mud-filled Tokutaro Sakai roared in a hoarse voice: "Hurry! Order the rest and rest reserve troops to leave the place... Order the artillery troops to capture the Chinese artillery team immediately to suppress..."

Without waiting for Sakai's orders, the light and heavy artillery fires set up in and outside the city soon began to fight back. The other side of the Huaisi River soon filled the smoke of gunpowder... I couldn't see the bombing of the other side, but Sakai could clearly see that his second-line troops were killed and injured. The wounded soldiers who were dizzy with injuries rolled on the ground or stumbled toward any place that could be used as a cover... The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division did not go anywhere to repair the fortifications, but in the paddy field belt in the northern suburbs of Yangzhou, in such early spring, they would dig groundwater to less than one meter. How to repair the fortifications? Could it be that the soldiers were soaked in cold water and wait for battle!?

On the original artillery position, the mortars had already put away the hot mortars that had just been shot out, put them in wooden boxes and wrapped them with oil cloth and threw them into dirt pits. The soil pits just dug to the point where there was almost water, and then placed on the furnace ashes, which were specially used for hiding cannons. After covering the soil, these hidden mortars will not be damaged unless they are directly hit. After the Japanese retaliatory artillery fire attacks, they will bring a new batch of artillery shells to dig out and transport them to the rear or continue to carry out front-line artillery sneak attacks on the enemy.

The baggage soldiers who transported the shells were already moving with fake cannons made of wood. On the flat ground, they were easily discovered by the Japanese army's sights in the distance, and the shells would chase them. This was another trick to help the mortar team improve their survival based on the battlefield situation. Sacrifice the soldiers in exchange for the safety of weapons! They worked hard to make a fuss in the details, and using every bullet in their hands is a habit that the Chinese people with shortage of materials must develop!

Seeing that his reserve force was blown into a mess before the attack began, the front-line troops were safe and sound. After being hit by this scoundrel, Sakai Qijiu was smoked. Unconsciously, he picked up his telescope to see the troops preparing to launch the attack... Because of the *** artillery attack, the Japanese who were not moving at the beginning suddenly accelerated and ran, but at this time, the *** machine gun that had been silent suddenly opened fire!

Because there are paddy fields everywhere, in addition to the need for war, Japanese generally choose to walk on the ridges instead of running into the paddy fields to get frozen. After a night's habit, Japanese people were already walking along the ridges like conditioned reflexes, but at this time, *** actually concentrated a large number of heavy machine guns to carry out extremely long-distance strikes on these ridges - it was another tactic that Cao Xiaomin likes. Heavy machine guns with preset shooting parameters were used to strike enemies that were not in defense! The Japanese who had not reacted at the beginning still advanced along the ridges. It is often seen that a series of Japanese on the ridges were hit by machine gun bullets and twisted their bodies and screamed and fell to the paddy fields on both sides. The Japanese behind them woke up as if they were dreaming that they were preset snipers of the enemy instead of stray bullets. When they hurriedly jumped into the paddy fields, the machine gun had already begun to cease fire and transfer...

After jumping out of the paddy field, the Japanese man got up again and found that the steps of the mud were so heavy when he was flooded with water. The two mud legs were so cold in the cold wind... It seemed that the Chinese were well prepared! Almost every Japanese front-line commander could see that these inconspicuous tricks were actually tactics that were only used by *** after doing a lot of measurement and analysis in advance. Moreover, the opponent who could use these small tactics so well was sure to be an elite force with many battles!

If you can't fight like this, you must build more channels to hit the river bank under visual impedance! The Japanese on the line of fire called to report the support troops behind you and requested more materials to build roads. The attack, which was originally scheduled to start soon, was forced to delay for two hours.

On the way back to the city, Tokutaro Sakai met the brigade of transporting wood head-on-head. The Japanese were still very efficient. The support troops had demolished a large number of houses in the city, transported the wood and a broken wall to the front line, and prepared to build more passages higher than the water in the paddy fields.

There are no Chinese migrant workers! Seeing that these movements are far superior to ordinary civilians, the soldiers who are so quick that they are pleasing to the eye, their hearts are sank: If all the physical work along the way must be borne by the combat troops themselves, this army will probably be exhausted even if they fight to southern Shandong!
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